Approvals for February 2014

**Recruitment and consultancy freeze – exceptions approved – February 2014**

During the month of February 2014, the following exceptions to the recruitment and consultancy freeze have been considered by the Chief Executive, in his capacity as Accounting Officer:

| Approval date | Ref: No. & Directorate | Summary of application | Consultancy / recruitment | Decision | |---------------|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------|----------| | 27/02/2014 | 1R RPP | Team Administrator (8 weeks) | Recruitment | Approved |

Requests for consultancy valued at \<£20,000 considered by the Director of Corporate Operations:

| 21/02/2014 | 1C Strategy | The best practice lessons from similar public utility sectors, £4,250 | Consultancy | Approved |